Arizona Editoonist Steve Benson Retires
After almost 45 year years of editorial cartooning Steve Benson is retiring. Jim Small, Editor In Chief of The Arizona…
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CSotD: Hits and Misses
Dave Whamond raises a fundamental issue with regard to Pope Francis’s statement condemning surrogacy. The Pope was addressing a situation…
David Kunzle – RIP
The peerless “pre-comic strip” comic strip historian David Kunzle has passed away. David Mark Kunzle April 17, 1936 – January…
CSotD: Striving for Immunity
About the time I file today’s posting, Donald Trump will be appearing in federal court attempting to claim immunity for…
Anchorage Daily News Cuts Comics Roster
In what is turning into an annual event The Anchorage Daily News (ADN) has changed the make up of the…
Buffalo News Apologizes for Zyglis Cartoon
After catching some grief over an Adam Zyglis cartoon two week’s ago and calling for letters of comment that were…
CSotD: Monday Miscellany
Joy of Tech takes a shot at Facebook, which has launched a new way of tracking your activity in order…
Wallace the Brave Loses Local Newspapers
As part of the Gannett/USA TODAY Network The Providence Journal is implementing the corporate imperative to switch their comics page(s)…
Flash Gordon and Dale Arden Age Well
That “a while back” was 90 years ago today. On January 7, 1934 King Features Syndicate introduced two new comics…
CSotD: The “Say What?” Files
Chip Bok (Creators) starts us off with a “Say what?” in which he contends that justices are not placed on…
Concerning Recent Newspaper Cartoons
Big Nate began the new year by spending an enjoyable (for readers) week with his grandparents at an old folks…
CSotD: 12th Night, as you like it
The nice lady in this Joel Pett (Tribune) cartoon is speaking specifically about the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s client list,…
Miss Cellany Visits Jan U. Airy and Meets…
Michael Maslin, Sandra Boynton, Dishonest John, and others. Michael Maslin has a fun, short essay about Fridays for New Yorker…
Gannett’s Clarion Ledger Changes Comics – Updated with Indianapolis Star Changes
Under the headline “Clarion Ledger refreshes comic lineup based on reader input, changing tastes” the Mississippi newspaper informed readers that…
CSotD: Visions and revisions
In today’s Between Friends (KFS), Maeve has been awarded the Cardboard Box and ambitious suck-up Jim is feigning surprise. But,…